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Saturday, May 2, 2009

Tot

Definition: (from dictionary.com)
-noun
1. a small child

Examples:
"Someone needs to put a leash on that little tot over there."
"This doll would be perfect for a tot!"

Origin: (from etymonline.com)
"'little child,' 1725, Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps a shortened form of totter, or related to Old Norse tottr, nickname of a dwarf (cf. Swedish tutte 'little child,' Danish tommel-tot 'little child,' in which the first element means 'thumb'). Tot-lot 'play ground for young children' is recorded from 1944."